Innocence (2020) poster
2020 · crime · thriller · music

Innocence

Directed by Park Sang-hyeon1h 50m2020
ElsewhereIMDb6.62k
  • sombre
  • brisk
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A lawyer tries to prove her mother's innocence and uncover the secrets of a small village with the help of the local mayor. Her mother was accused of murder after the rice wine was poisoned at her husband's funeral, but she is suffering from memory loss and cannot defend herself.

Our read · Innocence (2020) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · thriller · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a compelling Korean courtroom mystery about family loyalty and hidden truths.

ends bittersweetit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 22attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou dislike subtitles or slow building legal procedurals.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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